DOW-UAP-PR127, Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019
Pacific Ocean UAP handheld video, light source (2019)
niche or mildly interesting
UAP Insight significance score
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Incident date
- 2019
- Duration
- Approximately 2 minutes 29 seconds of footage
- Witnesses
- Single witness
- Released
- August 7, 2026
UAP Characteristics
Evidence Types
Official Conclusion
Unresolved
Official Description
The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 2 minutes and 29 seconds of footage captured via a hand-held recording device by a U.S. military service member in 2019. Low-light conditions at the time of capture influence the overall visual quality of the footage. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:17: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:18-00:26: No content. 00:27-00:43: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:44-00:47: No content. 00:47-00:49: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:50-00:52: No content. 00:53-00:57: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:57-01:02: No content. 01:02-02:28: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
Key Findings
- →Hand-held recording by a U.S. military service member in 2019 over the Pacific Ocean, lasting 2:29.
- →Footage repeatedly shows the camera panning to track an apparent light source, with several short segments of no content.
- →Low-light conditions degrade overall visual quality.
- →The media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO and is presented as received.
- →Footage in DOW-UAP-PR123 through PR127 was captured contemporaneously; the Navy UAPTF transferred the media to AARO in 2022.
Official description of a 2 minute 29 second hand-held video recorded by a U.S. military service member over the Pacific Ocean in 2019 in low-light conditions. The Navy UAPTF transferred it to AARO in 2022, and the media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO. The footage consists of the camera panning to track an apparent light source, with intervals of no content.
Analyst Notes
The media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, which undermines evidential integrity. Hand-held low-light footage of an unresolved light source offers no range, speed or sensor corroboration, and the description is non-analytical. The source of the light is unidentified, so mundane explanations such as aircraft, stars or flares cannot be excluded from the description alone.
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